Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America deliver much more than mail when they walk and drive along their postal routes.

This year on Saturday, the United States Postal Service and the National Association of Letter Carriers (NACL) will deliver for America as they conduct the largest single day food drive in the nation.

"Last year, we collected 18,000 pounds of food, which was over twice as much as the year before for the local food bank," Ron Galloway, last year's chairman of the Stuttgart Post Office Stamp Out Hunger event, said.

Mark Bobbitt, chairman of this year's Stuttgart Post Office Stamp Out Hunger Saturday, said that all citizens need to place a sack of food next to their mailbox for the letter carrier to pick it up.

"It is not limited to one sack, you can put more than one at the mailbox," Bobbitt said. "The letter carrier will do the rest."

The food can also be taken to the window inside the post office during business hours, and if the person is not going to be home on Saturday, the letter carrier can pick up the food on Friday or Monday, Bobbitt said.

"Summer is a high demand for food, and July is the highest month in the summer months because the students are out of school," Bobby Bradberry, director of the ICCM Food Bank, said.

The ICCM Food Bank is stocked each month by an area church, and food is distributed at noon on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in the ally between Sixth and Seventh streets and Main and Maple streets.

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, which is over 20-years old, has resulted in the delivery of more than one billion pounds of donations to community food banks and pantries all over the country.

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive has received a number of accolades over the years, including two Presidential Certificates of Achievement.